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                                             たべる 
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                    44.8%
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                                      to eat ②to live on (e.g. a salary)  
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                                    to eat ②to live on (e.g. a salary)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    combination (e.g. of foodstuffs)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    trying the food at various restaurants ②walking while eating
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    growing child's hearty appetite
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    leavings of a meal ②food particles (in one's teeth or mouth)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    disliking without even tasting
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    substantiality (of a meal)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    substantiality (of a meal)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to eat with a munching or crunching sound
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to eat a bit of everything
                                 
                             
                                             
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                                             くう 
                                            くらう 
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                    27.6%
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                                      to eat ②to live ③to bite ④to tease  
                                     to eat ②to receive (e.g. a blow) ③to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable)  
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                                    to eat ②to live ③to bite ④to tease
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to eat ②to receive (e.g. a blow) ③to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to be tasty ②to be able to subsist ③to be edible
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to feed (e.g. an animal on oats) ②to support (e.g. a family) ③to inflict (damage) ④to deceive
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    eating ②bite (in fishing)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to bite at ②to jump at (e.g. an offer) ③to hold on to ④to complain
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to feed (e.g. an animal on oats) ②to support (e.g. a family) ③to inflict (damage) ④to deceive
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to bite at ②to get one's teeth into (metaphorically)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    eating with one's fingers ②snitching food ③embezzlement ④flirting
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to bite into (e.g. rope into skin) ②to eat into ③to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    eating heavily ②big eater
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to build a nest ②to hang out (of a bad group) ③to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to make someone eat ②to deal (a blow)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    leaving a restaurant without paying
                                 
                             
                                             
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                                             ショク 
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                    26.9%
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                                      food ②eating ③meal  
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                                    gourmet food ②dining on gourmet food
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
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                                             ジキ 
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                    0.7%
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                                      food ②eating ③meal  
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                                    prey (i.e. of a predator) ②victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    eating strange food ②simple diet ③eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    meat and matrimony (Buddhism)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    beggars at the Ise Grand Shrine ②successful but stingy merchants from Ise
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    taishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    dining hall (at a temple)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    announcing meals (at a Zen monastery) ②noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    once a beggar, always a beggar
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    slow and steady wins the race
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.) ②food offering at a Buddhist ceremony
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    meal announcer (at a Zen monastery)
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    not using makeup to allow one's skin to heal
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
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                                             はむ 
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                    0.0%
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                                      to eat (fodder, grass, etc.) ②to receive (a salary)  
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                                    eating (fodder, grass, etc.)
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to compete with each other
                                 
                             
                                             
                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    to have a consanguineous feud
                                 
                             
                                             
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                                             ぐい 
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                    0.0%
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                                    insects harmful to pine trees
                                 
                             
                                                    
                                             
                                    
                                    
                                                    
                                
                                
                                    New Year food for entertaining a guest served in multilayered lacquered boxes ②Kansai New Year decoration (made from food)
                                 
                             
                                             
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                    Others
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                                        any god of foodstuffs ②Uka-no-Mitama (god of rice)
                                     
                                 
                                                            
                                    
                                    
                                        to eat ②to wear (clothing) ③to govern
                                     
                                 
                                                     
                                            
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